There's one problem solved. We defeated the monster that took us 3 months to defeat. The next one is obviously a lot harder to destroy.
"Esther," Eden called as she knocked on the door, "Can I come in?"
"Sure," I called back. The door opened and Eden was wearing her purple dress again.
"Um...what happens when guys ask you to go out?" she asked. I fell of the back of the chair.
Crash!
"W-What do you mean?" I stammered.
"Well um...Goten asked Felice to go out with him for lunch and Trunks wants to do the same...(with me)," Eden explained.
"You mean, a double date." I said.
"Yes, er...no. This is sooo complicated. Can I not to go?" she sighed.
"Just go out to lunch and pretend it not a da...oh, hi Mirao," I blushed. How embarrassing.
"Do you like to go out for lunch?" he asked, also turning red. Oh great. I fell off the back of the chair...again.
CRASH.
"Oh. Okay..." I groaned.
...
So, it was a triple date. But I tried not to think of it as that. The only thing I had to concentrate on was the spaghetti and the meatballs.
"Thanks Mirao," I said, "Lunch was...great." He smiled.
"Hey, guys! What are ya up to?" Goku called and waved. Gohann was following from close behind.
"Er...nothing much," Trunks responded as we turned around.
"I'm going to spar with your dad later. Maybe you guys can sneak into the gravity room!" Goku replied.
"Been there, done that." I murmured counting on my fingers, "Vegeta has a password lock and kamehame proof doors and those grease slime thingies in the seams so nothing could pry it open."
"You tried to bust in?" Trunks asked me trying not to laugh.
"Why would Vegeta keep a password lock?" Gohann asked.
"Um...to keep me out," Goku answered scratching the back of his head. Everyone anime dropped, including me.
...
"Hyaah!" Goku managed to kick Vegeta from behind. Eden and I stared while sitting on a rock.
"No fair," Eden mumbled, "We don't even get to use the GR for five minutes! Those guys are selfish."
"Not all of them," I said, "Mirao wanted to try Vegeta's special room for once. And he doesn't want us to go because he thought girls would flatten themselves out like a pancake under the force of gravity."
"Haha." she laughed sarcastically.
SLAM!
"Sorry Vegeta..."
"Aaargh! You dirty Kakarrot! You're not supposed to hit there!"
"So...can you use your dragon powers?" I asked Eden.
"Uh huh," she nodded, "but only a little bit. What about you?"
"Shen Long never gave me permission," I muttered, "and the dragonballs are gone in our future. So I'm stuck missing part of me forever."
"Oh..." she murmured, "Well..."
"Don't try using your Shen Long to wish the future back," I cut in, "It's not going to work."
Smash!
"Gaaah! Kakarrot! You hit me there five times already!"
"Sorry..."
"Oh. So you can't travel to Hell or Heaven right?" she asked.
"I wish I could. But no, the powers of Eden and Konos are sealed." I mumbled.
"By the way, how did the guys get in from the password lock?" Eden inquired.
"Bulma opened it. She always change the password when Vegeta gets on his bad side." I replied.
"Final Shine..."
"Ka...me...ha...me..."
"Yikes! Let's get out of here!" I shouted as two huge beams made their way to each other. We shot off as fast as possible.
KAABOOOM.
...
"H-Hi Mirao...how...did it go?" I groaned. He was very beat up too, but otherwise fine.
"Gohann joined and we battled each other. The other me fought with Goten...hey, are you okay?"
"Mmhmm...Eden and I got in the crossfire."
"Is she okay too?"
"It depends. Eden might be blown in the netherworld or standing right..."
"H-Hi. Can I...borrow some bandages and a s-senzu bean?"
"...behind us..." I finished.
"Um...sure," Trunks said and opened a drawer, "How's Goten?"
"Knocked out cold. The incident with that phone call really shook Trunks and himself up...was that priceless..." she almost passed out there.
"VEGETA! First you completely wreck the Gravity Room and second, you come back home half dead! Why don't you take a break from training and get some family time with your sons?"
"I didn't say anything about the Gravity Room did I?" Trunks murmured nervously.
"Exploded from inside out and scattered remains all the way to Chichi's house that also involved knocking Goku out with the frying pan of doom?" Eden blabbered really quickly. I stared as her as Trunks said a matter of factly, "Um...ya."
...
"Tell me about it." I mumbled as we strolled around in the streets.
"This Gallapher is a supernatural being that eats people for dinner?" she asked. She got that right.
"So you were listening," I said.
"Of course I was! I don't daydream while people are talking," she responded.
"Never mind," I grumbled, "The point here is, how are we gonna get Gallapher? He's like Kono's cousin or something."
"So if he's Kono's cousin, maybe we can beat him with Kono's magic!" Eden exclaimed.
"How? It's like fighting fire with fire," I said, "That only makes things worse."
"Maybe make him more powerful, but maybe we could use the art of binding!" Eden suggested, "Like the genie whose stuck to the lamp until the person wishes him free!"
"Wow. Like I'll ask Gallapher to hop into this little cup and serve tea," I sighed.
"Don't be such a sourpuss," Eden patted me, "Just because you're from the future doesn't mean you have to be so negative! I actually think it might work!"
"Hey Eden! I found your cell phone!" Goten called flying this way.
"Where was it?" Eden asked as he landed.
"In the bathrooms," he answered sheepishly.
CLANG!
"The frying pan of doom?" I asked leaning away from her with one arm up. She gave me one of those innocent smiles that I played on those androids before when I blew up a pastry shop.
"Yup!"